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June 04, 2009

It was twenty years ago today

No, I'm not talking about when Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play. I'm talking about the massacre in Tiananmen Square.

I was just barely a stupid teenager then, and I knew next to nothing about international politics, but I had watched the demonstrations on CNN (which wasn't then the joke that it is today) but I knew that the people gathered in Beijing were fighting for their freedom. When I saw what was happening to the people there, when the troops and the tanks moved in and the whole thing disintegrated into a bloody mess, well, I cried. I knew that something horrible had happened to people who were standing up for something that they believed in. I knew that something horrible had happened. Even though I was ignorant of the evils of communisim at the time, I knew that it was wrong.

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn209/doubleplusundeadnu/goddess-of-democracy.jpg

Update: Um, this movement where people were demonstrating for their freedom could maybe merit a mention on this anniversary from the White House, perhaps? No?

Posted by: Sean M. at 04:23 AM | Comments (5) | Add Comment
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1 Why would you believe the current occupants of the White House would be interested in freedom-- especially freedom from communism?

Posted by: Old Grouch at June 04, 2009 09:24 AM (nk1QN)

2 I noticed that you inadvertently left out an N in Tiananmen, so I thought I'd check to see if the White House had mentioned it.

Nope.

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at June 04, 2009 10:40 AM (kTwMy)

I remember this very well. At the time I was living off campus at the University of Missouri and my next door neighbors were Chinese graduate students studying medicine and nursing. They had friends at the Beijing protests. We followed the protests closely everyday and I will never forget the horror and grief they expressed when the Communist government crushed the democracy protests.

Posted by: Go_Fish at June 04, 2009 10:51 AM (CTpRY)

Alice:

Obama saying zilch? I'm shocked! Shocked!

Posted by: eddiebear at June 04, 2009 11:15 AM (wnU1W)

Get this pic off the front page!!!

That Mao picture in it keeps reminding me of the creeeeeeepiest pic ever on this blog.

Shudder.

Posted by: Veeshir at June 04, 2009 11:32 AM (ThMnZ)

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